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	<title><![CDATA[President Bush and the Flying Shoes: A Cautionary Tale]]></title>
	<url>http://www.huffingtonpost.com/robert-scheer/president-bush-and-the-fl_b_151640.html</url>
	<abstract><![CDATA[<p>They hate us for our shoes. Somewhere in what passes for the deeper regions of President Bush's mind might come that reassuring giggle of a thought as he once again rationalizes away Iraqi ingratitude for the benevolence he has bestowed upon them. Ever at peace with himself, despite many obvious reasons not to be, Bush quipped, "I didn't know what the guy said but I saw his sole." But the lame jokes no longer work.</p>

<p>The shoe-throwing Iraqi journalist is now...</p>]]></abstract>
	<taxonomy><![CDATA[Politics]]></taxonomy>
	<date_published>2009-01-16T05:12:00-05:00</date_published>
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